You were a million miles behind
And I was crying every time I'd leave you
Then I didn't want to see you

I still keep my watch two hours behind

Someone turned the lights out there in Memphis

That's where my family's buried and gone
Last time I was there I noticed a space left
Next to them there in Memphis

In the damn back lawn

I didn't know that I was in the crowd

And the fresh cut grass stopped growing
Everything on my shelf has fallen
I still keep my watch two hours behind


Someone turned the lights out there in Memphis
That's where my family's buried and gone

Last time I was there I noticed a space left
Next to them there in Memphis
In the damn back lawn


Was that bridge I was crossing
Somewhere I stopped walking

I guess I fell off on my own

I heard all the roads they lead to Memphis

Except for the one I'm stumbling down
And I'll be damned if I ever get this little son of a (*##$ from Memphis
Well it's all there I guess

And I haven't forgot